Gnome 2022

 I have made a Christmas card this week with a truly wonderful stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil called Gnome 2022.  He is so beautifully drawn and has so much character!

I coloured him with Copics and cut him out and then had fun creating a background for him.

I used my gel press and brayered on some wisteria ink. Then I used some Brusho and water splats on it too.

For the bottom section I used the Pebble stencil from Lavinia with Walnut stain Distress Oxide.

I then stamped a Christmas sentiment repeatedly in the background and used a Lavinia stamp called Berry Wreath at the top.  I coloured some of the berries with a gold pen and some with white Posca pen.  I then splattered some water and white Posca over the whole panel.

Copics used :

YG 03, 17, 91, 93, 95

G 85, 99

Y 13, 28

R 20, 22, 30, 39, 59

W 1, 3

E 000, 00, 13, 21, 44

I'd like to enter my card in the challenge at:

Allsorts Challenge - anything goes or vintage

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Misty Morning Meadow Mushrooms

I had fun creating this card and things got a bit messy too :)

I had different inks, stencil, gel plate, brayer, pens, paints, embossing powder, stamps and stuff everywhere but I had a wonderful time and I ended up with this card :)

I created the background using Distress Oxide inks with a tree stencil and a gel plate.

I used Whimsical Hares, Berry Wreath, Meadow Mushroom and Mini Meadow Mushroom from Lavinia Stamps. 

I stamped the wreath with ink and also white embossed some of it. I then used glitter gel pens to colour the berries.

I used a wet paint brush with oxide ink to paint the underside of the Mushrooms and used glitter and white gel pens on those also.  

I also flicked on some white gesso and watery distress oxides.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps Challenge : misty morning

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Peace Love Joy

 

I have a Christmas card to share using some beautiful Lavinia Stamps.

I created the wreath using Berry Wreath with mini berries.  I stamped it in black and with Mowed Lawn distress ink.  I also used the little branch from the Foliage Set with mowed lawn that I'd stamped off.  The berries were stamped with a metallic ink. 

I stamped the Small Reindeer and Pippin onto the wreath and coloured the tiny berries with gold and copper sparkle pens.

I then used the mowed lawn distress ink mixed with water to do a little watercolour wash around the outside of the wreath.  Nothing fancy and super easy but I like the way this turned out :)

I then added a sentiment strip from Kaisercraft called First Noel - Calm.  It is a whole page of Christmas sentiments gold embossed on black.  I think it looks great with the Lavinia Stamps. 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - winter's dream

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Christmas

Thanks for dropping by :)

Kathy

Reindeer Peace

 
I have another Christmas card to share today using Lavinia Stamps

This one uses the Berry Wreath, Foliage Set and the small Reindeer stamps.

I stamped the wreath using Dusty Concord archival ink and added some fullness with the small branch from the Foliage Set. I then stamped the small Reindeer with Versafine Clair.

I coloured the berries using white, gold and copper sparkle pens and added a die-cut shimmering star.

I used a rectangle die from CC Designs and a sentiment from a Kaisercraft paper called Calm. 

showing a bit of the sparkle :)

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Lavinia Stamps - winter's dream

Creatalicious Challenge - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - christmas

Dream valley challenges - christmas

Simon says stamp monday - sparkle mode

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

All is bright

 

I have a Christmas card to share today using Lavinia Stamps and stencils.

I created the background by firstly blending on Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and then I used  Pomegranate and Peacock Feather Distress Oxide with a Christmas word stencil from kaisercraft. I then blended more Peacock Feather around the outside edge of the panel.

I stamped Lavinia stamps Berry Wreath with mini berries with Peeled Paint archival ink and black. I used the small Reindeer and Pipin also from Lavinia Stamps. 

I used gesso with a star stencil from Whimsy Stamps and added one star cut from silver glitter card.

The sentiment is from a sheet of Kaisercraft called First Noel - Calm. 

I coloured the berries with white and gold and copper sparkle pens. You can see the effect they give in the right light below.  They're very pretty :)

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Lavinia Stamps Challenge - woodland whispers

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Irish Fairy

I've had lots of fun playing with my gel plate, stencils and stamps this week :)

With St. Patrick's Day coming up, I was reminded of the stories my Dad would tell me of finding fairy houses in the woods when he was a boy living in Ireland.  I really loved those stories and so I was inspired to create this Irish fairy card.

I used Twisted Citron and Speckled Egg Distress Oxides on my gel press to create a background.

Then I used the Speckled Egg with the TCW stencil - Ethereal.  I also used the TCW stencil - mini confetti and lifted off some of the ink with water and sponged some Black Distress Ink around the edges through this stencil also.

I used these Lavinia Stamps to create the scene : Bella's House, Berry Wreath, Fairy Foragers, Mini Meadow Mushrooms, and Fairy Buttercups. 

I stamped Bella's House separately and coloured it with my warm grey Copics.  I had originally thought of having a colourful fairy house and so had coloured and cut it out a few times but I like the grey version better.  I stuck my other attempts together on the back of this one to give the house some depth without the amount of height foam tape gives.

I sponged around the edge with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide and black Distress ink and added some word stickers and white gel pen for highlights.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge - use something green

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Lavinia Stamps - Spring blooms

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge - a bit o' green

Fairy Stamper Hugs Challenge - anything magical

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Joyful Reindeer

 

I have another Christmas card to share today using Lavinia Stamps small Reindeer and Berry Wreath with Mini Berries.  They are both such beautiful stamps aren't they?! And I decided that I wanted to try a purple and silver colour combo which is beautiful too :)

This time I decided to try making a full wreath and I added the mini berries to it.

I stamped the wreath with Archival Peeled Paint and the berries with Dusty Concord.

I coloured the open berries on the wreath with a silver glitter pen so it is nice and sparkly and shiny and added a few highlights with a white gel pen.

I used Whimsy Stamps Bold ABC die to cut the word Joy from silver card.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp -Christmas critters

Chocolate Baroque - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp  Monday - Celebrate

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy

Reindeer Wreath

It's day 2 of my Christmas card showcase and I have used Lavinia Stamps gorgeous Reindeer again :)

 

I used Distress Ink pads again but used the "smooshing method"  this time. The colours turned out so pretty together that I decided to showcase them and kept the card clean and simple.

I stamped another Lavinia stamp called Berry Wreath with Mini Berries on top of the background with a Brilliance pad called pearlescent orchid.  It turned out very pretty and a little shimmery too :)  Some of the berries on the stamp are clear and I went over these with a white gel pen.  I didn't use the Mini Berries that come with this set but just stamped the wreath a couple of times and left a section open.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges :

SimonSaysStamp - Christmas critters

Chocolate Baroque - anything goes

Ink Art Designs - anything goes

Thanks for dropping by today :)

Kathy